Ministry of Forest and Environment, Government of Odisha
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Karlapat Entrance
Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary (Odia: କର୍ଲାପାଟ୍) is a wildlife sanctuary located in Kalahandi district and a popular tourist attraction of Odisha in India.[2] Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary is about 15 km from Bhawanipatna, the district headquarters of Kalahandi district.
The sanctuary covers an area of 175 square kilometres (68 sq mi).[3] It lies within the Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests ecoregion.[4] Major plant communities include mixed deciduous forests and scrublands.[5] The forest consists of flora like Sal, Bija, Asan, Harida, Amala, Bahada and Bamboo and varieties of medicinal plants.[6]
Karlapat Road
This sanctuary is home to many wildlife species like tiger, leopard, sambar, nilgai, barking deer, mouse deer, a wide variety of birds like green munia, Great Eared-nightjar and various reptiles.[7][8][9]
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^Negi, Sharad Singh (2002). Handbook of National Parks, Sanctuaries, and Biosphere Reserves in India. Indus Publishing. p. 144
^"6 elephants die in two weeks in Odisha's Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary". 16 February 2021.
^Palei et al. (2011). Avifauna of Karlpat Wildlife Sanctuary. Indian Forester, Vol. 10, pp. 1197–1203
^Palei, Himanshu Shekhar (1 January 2012). "Sighting of Green Avadavat Amandava formosa in Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha, India". Zoos' Print Journal. XXVII: 25.
^Palei (2014). A first record of the Great Eared-Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis (Vigors, 1831) (Aves: Caprimulgiformes: Caprimulgidae) in Odisha, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(12): 6566–6567; https://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3968.6566-7
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